- Programming Microsoft Visual C# 2008: The Language
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- Praise for Programming Microsoft Visual C# 2005: The Language (Microsoft Press)
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Introduction
- I. Core Language
- 1. Introduction to Microsoft Visual C# Programming
- A Demonstration of Visual C# 2008
- Common Elements in Visual C# 2008
- C# Core Language Features
- Types
- 2. Types
- 3. Inheritance
- 1. Introduction to Microsoft Visual C# Programming
- II. Core Skills
- 4. Introduction to Visual Studio 2008
- 5. Arrays and Collections
- 6. Introduction to LINQ
- 7. Generics
- 8. Enumerators
- III. More C# Language
- 9. Operator Overloading
- 10. Delegates and Events
- 11. LINQ Programming
- 12. Exception Handling
- IV. Debugging
- 13. Metadata and Reflection
- 14. MSIL Programming
- "Hello World" Application
- Evaluation Stack
- MSIL in Depth
- Complex Tasks
- Branching
- Arrays
- Arithmetic Instructions
- Conversion Operations
- Exception Handling
- Miscellaneous Operations
- Process Execution
- Debugging with Visual Studio 2008
- 15. Debugging with Visual Studio 2008
- 16. Advanced Debugging
- V. Advanced Features
- A. About the Author
- B. Additional Resources for Developers from Microsoft Press
- C. More Great Developer Resources
- Index
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Language Integrated Query (LINQ) is the most important addition to Microsoft Visual Studio C# 2008. Previously, there had been competing models for information access: arrays, object properties, data readers, data sets, and much more. In addition, different query syntax sometimes existed in these disparate models. This approach made effective and extensible managing of data a challenge for even the most experienced developer. LINQ provides a single model for information access. However, LINQ is much more. It offers the following features:
LINQ provides object-oriented access to data.
LINQ merges the hierarchical and relational data models.
LINQ has full support for Extensible Markup Language (XML), including navigation capabilities.
LINQ query syntax is promoted to the language level of Visual C# 2008.
LINQ is presented in more detail in Chapter 6.
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